Pa to Editor - London, United Kingdom - DMGT

DMGT

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

PA to Editor - temporary (27th December - 7th January)

Location:
Mail on Sunday Headquarters - London

Position:
Permanent

Job Introduction

Role and Responsibilities:

Anticipate and respond to the needs of Editor across general business and personal support.
Manage daily news conferences and ad hoc and recurring meetings across commercial and editorial departments including external attendees and facilitate use of Zoom.
Liaise with internal and external stakeholders with appropriate discretion as required.
Handle highly confidential information, for example business, staffing, legal and in relation to sensitive news stories.
Outlook high level review and maintenance of Editor's inbox; diary and calendar management; scheduling meetings anticipating conflicts and quickly resolving scheduling issues.
Confident liaising with official organisations and high profile offices.
Answer phones and act as gatekeeper, understanding when escalation is necessary.
Personal support expenses, travel, errands, restaurants, health, property, family etc.
Manage travel including detailed itineraries, accommodation booking, documentation completion and maintenance, such as visas /passports / covid travel regulations.
Assist Managing Editor in managing and responding to reader complaints, liaising with relevant editorial departments as required to rectify any inaccuracies.
Maintain up to date formal IPSO complaints electronic filing.
Provide assistance to Managing Editor's Office for ad hoc projects as necessary, including general office management tasks and responsibilities.

Required qualifications:

Extensive experience working at executive management level
Excellent attention to detail
Strong written and oral communication skills
Proficient in Outlook, Word and Zoom
Strong organisational and multitasking skills
Quickthinking with ability to maintain calm composure and prioritise Editor's schedule under pressure

This role is Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 - 18:00 (Saturday start time is 8:00) and based in our offices in Kensington, London. Flexibility will be required and the hours may vary including some low-level out of hours ad hoc availability requirements.

About dmg:
media

dmg media's brands deliver highly engaging, trusted content to millions of loyal customers around the globe, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Together, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro, i, MailOnline, Mail Plus, and reach more than 11m people daily in the UK.

Globally, our brands reach 180m unique browsers every month.
In March 2021, the business acquired the world's leading science title, New Scientist.

dmg media's newsbrands are expert at getting to the bottom of the stories most relevant to their readers.
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